Mat Kearney Quotes
I grew up in Oregon, so there was always a lot of that folksy, Bob Marley stuff. There was a mural of Bob Marley on a wall at my high school.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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My mother was madly adventurous. My father was an actor - he worked with Gielgud - and my mother came from a very wealthy family. She definitely wasn't meant to marry an actor, but she eloped with him one lunch-time.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Hooking up with anybody from your past gets you thinking about things you haven't thought about in a while. It can rekindle dreams.
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I grew up in Oregon, so there was always a lot of that folksy, Bob Marley stuff. There was a mural of Bob Marley on a wall at my high school.
